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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?

Horace

Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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Authorship Care Write
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Adversity Inspirational Motivational
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Mean Money Stills
There is a middle ground in things.
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Ground Latin Middle
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Plunder Time Year
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Car Men Wheels
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Arrows Intent Mark People
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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Conceited Race Self
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Acquire Flames Strength
Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Country Opportunity People Waste
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Difficulty Intervention Worthy
One cannot know everything.
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Everything Know Knowledge
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Birth Fall Joy Note
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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Owner Poor Thief

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